tidal

as inflowing

Synonyms for tidal

adj gushing, abounding

Antonyms for tidal

Word Origin & History

1807, a hybrid formation from tide (n.) + Latin-derived suffix -al (1). A tidal wave (1830) is properly high water caused by movements of the tides; erroneous use for "tsunami, great ocean wave caused by an earthquake, etc." is recorded from 1878.

Example Sentences for tidal

I had missed the tidal train, and I represented that this had caused me some inconvenience.

The tidal wave of progress, once repulsed, is not likely to subside forever.

He sat, vaguely hoping there might be tidal waves, earthquakes, cataclysms.

A great Peruvian earthquake sent a tidal wave into the Red Sea.

Carried by the tidal rush the old tub circled in a great ellipse.

We must now revert to the tidal history of the earth-moon system.

This presents the demonstration of tidal evolution in a fresh light.

The doctrine of tidal evolution has shown us what those agents were.

Is that ever at rest, with its unceasing wave and tidal motion?

We are twenty-one miles from Eastham, and at the end of the tidal course.

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